Although soldiers and statesmen played a key role in what unfolded, Giuseppe Verdi ... the 1840s until achieving full independence in 1870. To overcome his grief, Verdi throws himself into ...

No opera gave Giuseppe Verdi more heartache than "Don Carlo," or "Don Carlos," as the massive work was titled at its Paris premiere in 1867. Originally produced in five acts in French, it was ...

Milan’s storied Teatro alla Scala presents Giuseppe ... Verdi’s opera has been long dogged by superstition that it brings bad luck, so much so that some in Italy will not say the full title ...

Donald Macleod explores the beginnings of Verdi’s tempestuous relationship with Milan’s famous opera house – La Scala As the hearse carrying the coffin of the composer Giuseppe Verdi ...